I want to show you my lovely new print from Cartolina, with an image of the Eiffel Tower reproduced from a Victorian postcard. People who know me probably know how much I love Paris, so how could I resist this… c’est tres jolie, non?

If you aren’t already familiar with Cartolina, allow me to introduce you! Based in Nelson, BC, Fiona Richards designs lovely, environmentally-friendly stationery featuring vintage images. As described on Cartolina’s website, it’s a “curiously unique collection of stationery with a fresh modern twist.”

iPhone users – Cartolina also has an app that you can can use it to text or email short, but very sweet messages. I love it! Download it from the iTunes App Store and you can send pretty messages too…

I also have a second print…. and decided it would be fun to share, so I’m happy to announce a Cartolina giveaway!

Here’s the print you could win:

(image courtesy of Fiona Richards)

I love the colours in this one. The background is from an 18th century engraving, and the carved wood cartouche was painted by Fiona’s partner, illustrator Doug Jones. The image is printed on 10″ x 13 1/4″, printed on 11″ x 17″ paper, and it will be rolled and mailed in a sturdy box. As an extra surprise, Fiona is generously providing some cards as well! That’s a lovely package that will be going out to somebody…. will it be you?

To enter: just visit Cartolina – the web site, the blog or the Etsy shop, then come back here and leave a comment, telling me about something you saw there that you liked. One lucky winner will be chosen by draw and announced on Tuesday, March 22nd!

45 Responses to “Fiona Richards: Cartolina Giveaway!”

As an avid letter writer, and world-wide friend :o), I loved the Cartolina cards!! They would be perfect to wish a friend happy birthday, send holiday greetings (the Christmas ones are lovely!), or a few simple words from another side of the planet. The vintage look of them would make the card-surprise a unique one for sure.
Do I need to say it… Count me in!, please, for the giveaway :o)
have a great day!

I’ve been loving Fiona’s pictures from her recent trip to San Francisco! I’ve been eyeing her prints ever since she first mentioned her plans to make them. This one happens to be in my top 3 favorites! Thank you for doing this

I love the Water Lily Art print – it’s very simple, yet the colors are so vivid and the artwork so incredibly detailed! I love to visit Fiona’s blog, she always has something new and delightful posted!

hello! thanks for the giveaway ~ i heard about it through fiona’s twitterfeed and glad it introduced me to your blog! i love all the fresh-yet-vintage designs from cartolina but one of my favorites is the wish big elephant. there’s just something about it… ^_^

oh my goodness, I’ve just seen something I MUST buy, the love birds on page 8 of the website, cute birdies with a sign saying ‘Love is in the air’.
I think after a stressy first night back at work, I deserve a treat heheheh
Thank you for introducing me to the site xxx

I am a huge fan of Fiona’s. I love the feminine and vintage feel of her work. She incorporates many of my favorite things (birds, butterflies, flowers) into her pieces. Not only is she talented, but she is a sweet, lovely person as well!

I LOVE love LOVE that the designs are inspired merely by things around Fiona. I read her about page, and by the looks of her photo, and how much she obviously loves what she does… I would love to meet her. I think there’s a lot I could learn from Fiona. I’m a design student trying to find my place in this world of competition. But like Fiona, I guess it’s necessary to just do what you love, make stuff out of what you appreciate, and the rest will follow. I love what I do, and people like Fiona make me love them for what they do. <3

Cafe Cartolina is in my google reader and I simply love scrolling through the collection of things she’s found. I’m loving the peek into her SF trip right now. And her e-holiday cards were initially what brought me to her blog. Simply lovely!

I love her skirt series notebooks and prints. I have one of the skirt notebooks and about four others of hers. Love them! From the colors, to the design, to the French inspiration. Speaking of inspiration, I know that if I am in need I can always visit her blog and receive some instant inspiration.

I love Cartolina! I wish I had the Iphone so I could purchase the beautiful message feature! I love the marie antoniette style print too in her etsy store. thanks for a sweet giveaway! Suzie purrpage3 at verizon dot net

I am in love with the skirt series stationary. ….. I am an American married to a Brit and we live with our rescue cats (2) in California…..I have travelled to Bath, England UK and visited the Jane Austen Museum there…..your skirt series brought me back to all the treasures and eye candy at the Museum that day….Also…I noticed the Hot Air Balloon and I had a flashback to something I had drempt about just recently…that’s right….it was Hot Air Baloons…there were 5 of them ascending at the same time directly in front of my office window…..this is not an unusual sight where I live…but what is unusual is that because of your fine work I had the fortune to remember the dream…Thank YOU !

I’ve been following Cartolina for a while and I check in every day to see what new wonderful things she has. I love her photos and most recently, the photos of the San Francisco store fronts were stunning. I wanted to pack up and go shopping there right away.

Thanks for all the comments! It’s so sweet that so many of your are regular visitors to Cafe Cartolina – I hope you will be regular visitors to Pennello Lane now too. So, who’s going to win . . . . hmmmmm . . . .

Beautiful blog giveaway! No need to enter me – just wanted to leave a comment and support your blog and Fiona! I ADORE her creations and also happen to have just purchased THIS very PRINT in your giveaway which is stunning!

Not possible… I love the petticoat cards, and all the notebooks… I ADORE the “Bonjour” print you got…

I think maybe her “Happy Birthday” rabbit? Maybe?
Do you think though that it is fair to all the others to say he is my favourite? That lovely Robin Red-Breast may take issue with that, and I wouldn’t want to start anything

To be honest, the one I would probably get would be this HOME one because I have the perfect spot for it and I love the lettering… but don’t tell the others…

Other than all of her ideas and work, I love her post and pictures of SF storefronts! While online shops like Etsy and personal artists shops are amazing, real brick and mortar shops have something that can’t be experienced online. I love the charm of San Francisco…I’ve been there for the last 2/3 New Years and I think I definitely “left my heart” there!

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